Marine Life
Green Turtles are found and seen daily swimming in the bay in front of the lodge. The nestlings hatch mainly in July, August and September. Humpback whales can be seen during October and Dolphins from November to March. For those interested in fishing, sailfish, Marlin and yellow fin tuna are abundant from October to March.
Kiwayu Safari Village has been strategic in creating a conservation programme designed throughcreation of the Mkokoni Wildlife Conservation Trust to empower the neighboring community, Mkokoni Village, its members and the environment. In a successful partnership between the two stake holders who look to protect the area directly adjacent to us, the community, and inland to the boundary of the Dodori reserve.
The Mkokoni Wildlife Conservation Trust area is approximately 36 square kilometers, a small but vital area defined by it’s unique dune system responsible for rain catchment, seasonal inland water holes, acacia woodland, dynamic tidal beaches and littoral mangrove forest and grass land. It sits between the Kiunga Marine Reserve on its Eastern side, the Dodori Reserve on its West and the Dodori River to it’s South. This vulnerable corridor is frequented by a variety of endangered species such as African Hunting Dog, Cheetah, Adders Dyker, Elephant, the Green, Olive Ridley and Hawksbill Turtles, amongst a wide variety of diverse birds, vegetation and smaller mammals.
The Mkokoni Wildlife Conservation Trust aims, with support from other established conservation organizations such as the East African Wildlife Society and Kenya Wildlife Service, to protect the overall integrity of this area with proceeds generated by tourism, skills and capacity development, and community based projects used to enhance education, health, sanitation, environmental clean ups as well as the protection of wildlife and habitat.
Friends of the Mkokoni Wildlife Conservation Trust have assisted with financial donations and support.
